Last of the Wolves

Last of the Wolves (Japanese: 孤狼の血 LEVEL2, Hepburn: Korō no Chi Level 2) is a 2021 Japanese crime yakuza thriller film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki.^[2] It is a sequel to the 2018 film The Blood of Wolves.^[3]

Last of the Wolves
Film poster
Japanese name
Kanji	孤狼の血 LEVEL2
Directed by	Kazuya Shiraishi[1]
Screenplay by	Jun'ya Ikegami
Based on	Korō no Chi by Yūko Yuzuki
Produced by	Kazuto Amano
Starring	Tori Matsuzaka Ryohei Suzuki Nijirō Murakami Nanase Nishino
Cinematography	Kōhei Katō
Edited by	Hitomi Katō
Music by	Gorō Yasukawa
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Premise

In the early 1990s, a young detective Shūichi Hioka controls the yakuza in Hiroshima, but the situation completely changes when Shigehiro Uebayashi is released from prison.

Cast

• Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
• Ryohei Suzuki as Shigehiro Uebayashi
• Nijirō Murakami as Kōta "Chinta" Chikada
• Nanase Nishino as Mao Chikada
• Takuma Oto'o as Shigeru Yoshida
• Taichi Saotome as Masaru Hanada
• Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Yukio Amagi
• Katsuya Maiguma as Masatoshi Saeki
• Miwako Kakei as Chiaki Kanbara
• Sho Aoyagi as Ken'ichi Kanbara
• Kenichi Yajima as Keiji Tomotake
• Hiroki Miyake as Satoru Nakagami
• Yoshiko Miyazaki as Yuriko Seshima
• Ryuji Sainei as Kikuchi
• Ryūji Bando^[4]
• Yumiko Udo
• Rairu Sugita
• Issei Okihara as Arihara
• Urara Anryū as Kakutani's wife
• Motohiro Oguri as Tokura
• Takumi Saitoh as Yūma Tachibana
• Nakamura Baijaku II as Takayuki Seshima
• Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga
• Susumu Terajima as Yōji Kakutani
• Takashi Ukaji as Akira Mizoguchi
• Rino Katase as Tamaki Irako
• Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka
• Kōtarō Yoshida as Yōzō Watafune

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
46th Hochi Film Awards	Best Picture	Last of the Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Nanase Nishino	Nominated
34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Film	Last of the Wolves	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
43rd Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
76th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Nominated
		Nijiro Murakami	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Tsutomu Imamura	Nominated
	Best Sound Recording	Kazuharu Urata	Won
95th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
17th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
64th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Film	Last of the Wolves	Won
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Nominated
45th Japan Academy Film Prize	Picture of the Year	Last of the Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
		Nijiro Murakami	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Nanase Nishino	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Jun'ya Ikegami	Nominated
	Best Music	Gorō Yasukawa	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Kohei Kato	Nominated
	Best Lighting Direction	Minoru Kawai	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Tsutomu Imamura	Nominated
	Best Sound Recording	Kazuharu Urata	Nominated
	Best Film Editing	Hitomi Katō	Nominated
	Newcomer of the Year	Nanase Nishino	Won
31st Japan Movie Critics Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Ryohei Suzuki	Won
75th MPTE- Imaging Technology Awards	Best Cinematography	Kohei Kato	Won
	Best Lighting Direction	Minoru Kawai	Won

References

1. "孤狼の血 LEVEL2". eiga.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
2. "Last of the Wolves (2021)". Films Adviser. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
3. "LAST OF THE WOLVES". Far East Film Festival. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
4. "元サッカー日本代表・播戸竜二『孤狼の血2』で俳優デビュー "賭場"で真剣勝負". Crank-in!. 18 May 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

External links

• Last of the Wolves at IMDb